Scissors.



D. BORGETTI.

SGISSORS.

APPLICATION FILED MAY 26, 1913.

1,090,1 3Q. Patented Mar. 17, 1914,

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UNITED STATES. PATENT OFFICE.

DOM-ERICK BOBGETTI, 0F CEiCAGO, ILLINOIS.

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To all whom it may concern:

Be it. known that I, DOMENICK BORGE'I'I'I, a citizen of the United States, residing at Chicago, in the county of Cook and State of Illinois, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Scissors, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to improvements in pocket-scissors, and its object is to provide a scissors structure which permits folding into small and compact form when not in use, and also to provide a sheath to receive the folded blades, so that the scissors may be safely carried in the pocket.

The invention also has for its object to equip the scissors with a magnifying glass and a mirror, one of the sheaths in such a manner that they may be folded alongside the ring or eye thereof.

These objects are attained by means of a novel combination and arrangement of parts to be hereinafter described and claimed, reference being had to the accompanying drawing, in which- Figure 1 is an elevation of the scissors. Fig. 2 is a longitudinal section of the scissors, partly folded. Fig. 3 is an elevation showing the scissors entirely folded and housed in the sheaths. Fig. 4 is a longitudinal section on the line 1 4 of Fig. 1.

Referring specifically to the drawing 5 and 6 designate the two blades of the scissors, the same being crossed and pivotally connected at 7, as usual. One of the sides of the blades may be roughened to provide a file surface, as shown at 8. The shank 9 of each blade is bent over on itself to provide a spring tongue 10, the purpose of which will be presently made clear. The bends are in opposite directions, and the free end of the tongue terminates a short distance back of the pivot 7. The blades are made of spring metal so that the bends to produce the spring tongues may be made. At the inner end of the spring tongue are abutments 11 the purpose of which will be presently described. These abutments are formed by stamping the strips out of which the blades are formed with projecting tongues at their longitudinal edges, which are first bent inward to permit insertion of after which they are bent outward as shown.

The blades are carried by sheaths which also serve as the handles of the scissors.

Specification of Letters Patent. Application filed Kay 28, 1913. Serial K0. 709,906.

the same being mounted on- Patented Mar. 1'7, 1914.

Each sheath comprises a body portion 12 hav ng at its outer end a ring or eye 13 to receive the fingers in the usual way when the scissors are to be used. The body portion has alongitudinal opening 14 in which the shank '9 and its spring tongue 10 are slidably mounted. throughout the entire length of the body portion 12 and its inner end is enlarged at let and opens into the ring 13. The inner end of the shank extends into the enlarged portion 1 1* of the opening 14:, so that the abutments 11 are located therein, said abutments by engaging the shoulder formed by said enlarged portion, serving as stops to limit the outward movement of the blade relative to the sheath, and preventing the blade from being entirely withdrawn. The opening in which the blade shank seats is rectangular in cross-section in order to prevent'the blade from turning. The spring tongue presses outward, so that the blade shank works tight in the sheath and is prevented from sliding when the scissors are in use.

One of the sheaths carries a stud 15 on which is pivoted a ring 16 carrying a magnifying glass 17. The stud is mounted on one side of the body portion 12 of the sheath. A small mirror 18 may also be pivotally mounted on the stud. glass and the mirror lie close to the side of the part 12, and they are so located that they may be swung to register with the ring 18 thereof, the magnifying glass and the mirror having the same diameter as the ring. When required for use, the magnifying glass and the mirror may be swung outward from the sheath as shown by dotted lines in Fig. 1. One of the rings 13 may be provided with an eye 19 if the scissors are to be hung as a watch charm.

Fig. 1 illustrates the scissors unfolded, ready for use. To fold the scissors, the blades 5 and 6 are spread until they are side by side in parallel position. Upon placing the blades in this position, the point of one blade passes into the sheath of the other blade, the side of the sheath body 12 being slotted for this purpose, as indicated at 20. The sheaths are now opposite each other and may be slid inward toward each other in a straight line until their inner ends come together, as shown in Fig. 3, whereupon the blades are entirely inclosed, and the shanks thereof pass into the rings The opening 14 extends 'lhe magnifying 13, the parts being dimensioned to allow this movement. The spring tongues hold the blades in the sheath and prevent loo'seness or rattling. To open the scissors for use, the sheaths are slid back to uncover the blades, as shown in Fig. 2, and the blades may then be swung over to cross, as shown in Fig. 1. As the spring tongues 10 are on the reverse sides of the blade shanks, they will not interfere with the swing of the blades when the scissors are in use. To use the scissors, the magnifying glass 17 and the mirror 18 need not be swung away from v the ring 13, as the latter ismade wide enough to afl'ord a hold for the finger ends.

I claim:

A pair of scissors comprising pivotally connected blades having integral bends at their inner ends to form laterally spaced,

the wall of the sheaths, said sheaths eing 2 slidable toward each other to inclose the outer ends of the blades when the latter are swung to extend side by side in parallelsim, and the aforesaid abutments being engageable with the inner ends of the 3 sheaths to limit the extent the blades may be withdrawn from the sheaths.

In testimony whereof I afix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

DOMENIGK BORGETTI.

Witnesses: 1

H. G. Barcmnon, S. J. Leeann. 

